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horneri]]>HossainZakir KuriharaHideyuki TakahashiKoretaro 122003617Biochemical composition of brown alga Sargassum horneri was investigated by
determination of moisture, protein, carbohydrate, ash, simple lipids and glycolipids. Fatty
acid composition of simple lipids and glycolipids was determined by gas chromatography.
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February (sample-2). Moisture contents were 86.94 and 87.00% in sample-1 and sample-2,
respectively. Protein, carbohydrate and ash contents were 22.94, 19.93 and 32.00% of the dry
sample-1, respectively, while the contents of the dry sample-2 were 21.96, 20.81 and
33.58%, respectively. Glycolipids were 1.38 and 1.96% of the dry sample-1 and sample-2,
respectively, whereas 2.45 and 2.75% when the samples were digested with the abalone
Haliotis discus enzyme. Of the glycolipids obtained, MGDG, DGDG and SQDG were nearly
15, 15 and 68%, respectively. The major fatty acids in simple lipids were 16:0, 18:1 and
22:0. The major fatty acids in individual lipid class were 16:0, 18:1, 20:1, 20:4 and 20:5 in
MGDG, 16:0, 20:0, 20:4 and 20:5 in DGDG and 16:0, 18:0, 18:1, 18:2 and 20:4 in SQDG.S. horneri is a potential source of valuable glycolipids.]]>Arao, T. and M. Yamada,198928805810Becker, E.W.,19941994Borowitzka, M.A.,19881988pp: 257-287pp: 257-287Callegari, J.P.,1989762540Caughey, G.E., E. Mantzioris, R.A. Gibson, L.G. Cleland and M.J. James,199663116122Cohen, Z., A. Vonshak and A. Richmond,1988Porphyridium cruentum: Correlation to growth rate.]]>24328332Henrikson, R.,1989pp: 61-73pp: 61-73Murakami, C., T. Kumagai, T. Hada, U. Kanekazu and S. Nakazawa et al.,200365259267Nizamuddin, M.,19624191203Padley, F.B., F.D. Gunstone and J.L. Harwood, 19921992pp: 47-223pp: 47-223Richmond, A.,19901990pp: 269-330pp: 269-330Ricketts, T.R.,196656776Rodriguez, H. and M.G. Guerrero,19921992pp: 247-260pp: 247-260Vagas, M.A., H. Rodriguez, J. Moreno, H. Olivares, A. Del-Campo, J. Rivas and M.G. Guerrero,19882-fixing cyanobacteria.]]>34812817Tokida, J. and T. Masaki,195910173195Bligh, E.G. and W.J. Dyer,195937911917